Subject: hop question
Date: Sat May 15 19:57:59 2021
User: Oded789
Message:Only one of them? So it wasn't part of the prenup?
Date: Tue Aug 3 15:14:20 2021
User: ix
Message:hop, your site is such an excellent addition to this one it's unbelievable. thank you.
Date: Tue Aug 3 17:37:47 2021
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:Thanks ix.
I have still things to add in my head but it takes time to turn them into reality.
Date: Sat Sep 25 16:42:33 2021
User: ix
Message:what do you think of adding win % to the number of unsolved games data? in addition to the unsolved and solved options, i know it's available in the expected values, but i'd like to see it for level 11 and 12 also.
Date: Sat Sep 25 18:43:56 2021
User: cellmate
Message:
ix try this one
Link: winnables
Date: Sat Sep 25 19:04:49 2021
User: Oded789
Message:Thanks cellmate.
I think this link would better fit in your data thread:
https://www.freecell.net/f/c/disctopic.html?code=14725
Date: Sat Sep 25 19:39:56 2021
User: cellmate
Message:
link stopped working after some other changes. Try it now.
Date: Fri Dec 17 07:11:09 2021
User: ix
Message:hop, what do you think of adding something to your site, kind of like the elo test stuff, where you enter a variant and level, and a list of games, and it would return that list with the wins/plays for those games?
Date: Fri Dec 17 07:28:43 2021
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:ix,
possible. but requires time and effort. Depends on having some free time for it. I have noted your request. But don't expect soon.
Date: Sat Dec 18 03:16:23 2021
User: Gulbis
Message:Hey, Hop, will you remove the bad Elo ratings from your site? I think deleting the December 16 snapshot should do the trick.
Date: Sat Dec 18 03:43:07 2021
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:Yes. I did it locally. The rest should be taken care of by the batch job tomorrow.
Date: Thu Mar 23 05:32:40 2023
User: ix
Message:hop, in the winnables standings, the options are
Current
Alltime
Daily
Alltime best daily
Yearly
the Alltime and Alltime best daily are greyed out, is there a reason? the alltime would be nice to see.
Date: Thu Mar 23 05:45:01 2023
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:Yes, there is a reason.
Alltime puts a lot of load on the server and takes some time to generate a result. So I disabled it.
It can be tolerated if it is run once or twice a day but enabling it gives an opportunity everyone to try it out. I guess I disabled alltime best daily for the same reason as well. Maybe I should have removed those options. Seeing them disabled makes you curious.
Date: Thu Mar 23 05:58:34 2023
User: ix
Message:i don't understand why looking up alltime would be any more load than looking up current but i trust you. thanks for explaining.
Date: Thu Mar 23 06:25:04 2023
User: ix
Message:okay, after thinking about it, i do understand, again thanx
Date: Thu Mar 23 06:27:42 2023
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:"i don't understand why looking up alltime would be any more load than looking up current"
Take 8x4 as an example. Current results table may be a few thounds records (rows) at most but alltime table contains above forty thousand records (list of user data). That's also a fact to a degree for other variants as well.
Date: Thu May 8 08:17:04 2025
User: GoAdoptADog!
Message:No question from me Hop- just wanted to say rlly nice job on today’s British! I feel like you did especially good on this one, and some of those even easy ones were tricky (ie, a zero variant that seemed easy but if you weren’t careful was one of those where you get stuck even with 2 columns open). Anyway, I ran into more than usual that tricked me and had several that I wasn’t able to finish. You smoked us as usual, but by many! V impressive!
Date: Thu May 8 08:21:38 2025
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:Australian you mean.
Actually I think I underperformed today. Because I couldn't get a good sleep last night and I had a headache (I still have while I type this text).
Thanks anyway.
Date: Sun May 11 02:08:29 2025
User: GoAdoptADog!
Message:Yea, my bad. Australian. Weirder because I typed Australian first, then thought I was wrong and corrected to British, ha. I can only play that open if I’m still awake from night before because it starts at 5am my time, but I’m a bit of a night owl so I get to more often than expected.
I didn't think I did well either, lost my first 2 I think and they weren’t hard, then flubbed more easy ones. I can never manage my time well on long deadlys. Been having headaches this week also, coincidentally. Maybe it’s the weather changing this time of year, idk, but they sell these little headache cold pads in drugstores here and I think Walmart that stay cool for hours, (tho of course not as long as box claims) but anyway they’re called “BeKool” I think, if you ever wanna try. Those and coffee help me more than most.
Hope you’re feeling better! And extra good job for what I thought was great time, especially if you weren’t feeling well
Date: Sun May 11 04:49:25 2025
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:As I explained, mine was because I could not get a good sleep last night.
Yes I'm fine now. Thanks.
Date: Mon May 12 07:28:39 2025
User: GoAdoptADog!
Message:Yep, that was all clear to me.
I was explaining what I do for headaches which I get from allergies this time of year. Was only offering a tip in case it could ever be of use.
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